How can
Financial Dashboard
s Drive Faster and Better Decisions? As CFOs increasingly become central advisors in the Monthly Reporting Process, they must rely on modern self-service corporate performance management (CPM) and business intelligence (BI) tools. Using interactive Financial Dashboards like the Revenue Dashboard with Trends and Variances template shown below enables them and users from the leadership team to experience near real time revenue analysis that help drive faster and better decisions.
Who uses
Revenue Dashboards with Trends and Variance
s and What are Some Key Analytical Features? In today’s fast-paced business environment, CFOs are under high pressure to supply end users like executives and FP&A with timely and concise Financial Dashboards. Companies use key features like the ones below to support their users with effective analysis that helps drive informed decisions.
Example of a Revenue Dashboard with Trends and Variances to Streamline the Monthly Reporting Process[/caption] The Revenue Dashboard with Trends and Variances is a ready-to-use Financial Dashboard from the
Solver Marketplace
A Brief Description of the
Revenue Dashboard with Trends and Variances
Template Financial Dashboards like the one seen in the image above are interactive and parameter driven and typically contain sections with KPIs, charts and figures. One of the important features that aid the user in the analysis process is the ability to click on any row in the two tables and see that GL revenue category or account highlighted as a portion of each chart. Revenue Dashboard with Trends and Variances are often used in conjunction with expense dashboards, profit & loss reports, sales dashboards, and forecast input models.
Data Integration to Transaction Systems Most organizations these days want automated and streamlined
planning,
reporting and
analysis. However, many of the benefits described earlier rely on best of breed Corporate Performance Management (CPM) tools and/or Business Intelligence (BI) capabilities as well as data marts or data warehouses that use pre-built integrations to the organization’s ERP system. Oftentimes, they also need integrations to other key data sources like CRM, subscription systems, payroll tools, etc. Modern, cloud-based ERPs like Microsoft Dynamics 365 Finance (D365 Finance), Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central (D365 BC), Sage Intacct, Acumatica, Netsuite and SAP have robust APIs which allow for dynamic integrations to CPM and BI tools that are fully automated and flexible to run on a schedule or on-demand.
Additional Resources to Aid with Research of Templates, CPM and BI Tools
- Comparison of the Actual data with Budget and Last Year
- % Variances with sign color coding
- Charts with trends as well as automated estimate (Actual YTD + Budget/Forecast for the remaining months of the year)
Example of a Revenue Dashboard with Trends and Variances to Streamline the Monthly Reporting Process[/caption] The Revenue Dashboard with Trends and Variances is a ready-to-use Financial Dashboard from the
Solver Marketplace
A Brief Description of the
Revenue Dashboard with Trends and Variances
Template Financial Dashboards like the one seen in the image above are interactive and parameter driven and typically contain sections with KPIs, charts and figures. One of the important features that aid the user in the analysis process is the ability to click on any row in the two tables and see that GL revenue category or account highlighted as a portion of each chart. Revenue Dashboard with Trends and Variances are often used in conjunction with expense dashboards, profit & loss reports, sales dashboards, and forecast input models.
Data Integration to Transaction Systems Most organizations these days want automated and streamlined
planning,
reporting and
analysis. However, many of the benefits described earlier rely on best of breed Corporate Performance Management (CPM) tools and/or Business Intelligence (BI) capabilities as well as data marts or data warehouses that use pre-built integrations to the organization’s ERP system. Oftentimes, they also need integrations to other key data sources like CRM, subscription systems, payroll tools, etc. Modern, cloud-based ERPs like Microsoft Dynamics 365 Finance (D365 Finance), Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central (D365 BC), Sage Intacct, Acumatica, Netsuite and SAP have robust APIs which allow for dynamic integrations to CPM and BI tools that are fully automated and flexible to run on a schedule or on-demand.
Additional Resources to Aid with Research of Templates, CPM and BI Tools
- Templates from Solver that are pre-built and that work out-of-the-box using the Solver CPM cloud. Click here.
- Template examples: You find more than 500 CPM and BI Template examples here.
- Interactive Dashboard examples: Try Power BI dashboard templates from Solver here.
- Software evaluation and selection:
- Vendor Comparison and ROI (free interactive tool)
- Evaluating planning, budgeting and forecasting functionality
- Evaluating Financial Reporting functionality
- Evaluating Dashboard functionality
- Evaluating Data Warehouse functionality to achieve “one version of the truth”
- Demonstrations and other specific assets: Solver Tour Central
- Using third party analysts and consultants to aid in vendor selection
- Creating efficient processes:
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